Associations between self-efficacy and children's pedestrian safety following training

Abstract

Pedestrian injury is a leading cause of unintentional pediatric death. Hundreds of deaths related to pedestrian injuries occur every year in children under 18. • Virtual reality interventions to teach children safe pedestrian behavior have shown success. • Increasing self-efficacy is consistently related to the induction and maintenance of behavior change following a variety of interventions. In children, self-efficacy is associated with intervention-driven changes in health and academic behaviors. • Self-efficacy is also linked to child and adolescent pedestrian engagement, with children having higher self-efficacy choosing to walk more frequently in their neighborhoods.